While most students don’t begin to think about a career path until high school, Ellie Meyer started much earlier. The oldest of five siblings (she has four younger brothers), she developed an interest in dentistry by observing her father at his dental practice in suburban Chicago. “As a young kid, I would run around his… Read More »
Dr. Daniel Loban of Loban Dental Speaks Out About the Order from the Minnesota Board of Dentistry March 20, 2020 DULUTH, Minn. – Dr. Daniel Loban, the owner of Loban Dental, is speaking out regarding the closure of dental offices unless procedures are for emergency purposes. “I can tell you my propensity is to help… Read More »
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – With a camera and a tablet, a school nurse’s office transforms into a dental clinic. UNMC is using teledentistry to provide dental consultations within school walls. It’s through the University of Nebraska Medicine’s College of Dentistry teledentistry program. For the last five years, it’s been operating within Omaha schools, helping around… Read More »
More Madison Magazine Madison No Fear Dentistry‘s team has built a reputation for taking care of patients who dislike the dentist’s office. “I think we bring a much-needed dental amenity, which is a dental clinic that specifically focuses on helping the anxious patient,” says Dr. Kevin DeGroot. “We are a judgment-free clinic and we focus… Read More »
“Do you want numbing gel?” the dental technician asked me as she prepared to plunge into my mouth. In the entire history of dentistry, from caveman days to now, who has ever said no to more painkiller? Smear that gel around like spackle! She did. And then ground and scraped. And scraped and ground, for… Read More »
Recently, I read a heartbreaking plea on a local Facebook group. A Glenwood Springs resident (I’ll call her Mary) asked for a dentist to volunteer to pull her husband’s tooth. It had been aching for six-plus months, causing fevers, nausea, fatigue and sleeplessness. I could have (tritely) posted back, “I feel his pain.” I was… Read More »